Released Aug 12, 2026 $9.99 Mostly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

The Cave Diver

By Ovsko

Philosophical Underground Indie Psychological Horror Difficult Puzzle Platformer Adventure 2D DarkSingleplayerAtmosphericFaith

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The Cave Diver is a game tagged Philosophical, Underground and Indie by Ovsko, released Aug 12, 2026. It has 130 Steam reviews (Mostly Positive). The Steam games most like it include Rocky Up, To Dig, Son and A Difficult Game About Climbing.

A brutally challenging physics-horror caving game. Using only your hands, drag yourself down a suffocating cave system where every hold pulls you further into the darkness. Equal parts rage-game, claustrophobic nightmare, and descent into a forgotten folktale...

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Rocky Up 68% match · Philosophical, Indie, Psychological Horror
To Dig, Son 68% match · Philosophical, Underground, Indie
A Difficult Game About Climbing 67% match · Philosophical, Psychological Horror, Difficult
Cave Escape 66% match · Underground, Indie, Difficult
Bearly Flying 63% match · Philosophical, Indie, Psychological Horror
Gnomebody Told You To Climb 62% match · Philosophical, Indie, Psychological Horror
Egging On 62% match · Philosophical, Psychological Horror, Difficult
rock climbing 62% match · Philosophical, Indie, Psychological Horror
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy 61% match · Philosophical, Indie, Psychological Horror
THE DARUMA CHALLENGE 61% match · Philosophical, Indie, Psychological Horror

Steam data

Everything Steam lists for The Cave Diver · record updated 20 hours ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID3004390

Release dateAug 12, 2026

Last change number40098440

Last record update20 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Ovsko
Publisher: Ovsko
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked 1 day ago
Technologies: Godot detected
Website: x.com/ovsko

Windows

Steam Deck: Verified
Controller: Full support

Single-playerFull controller supportPlayStation controllersXbox controllersSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$9.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$9.99Oct 23, 2026

Checked10 hours agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
24886138	public	Aug 23, 2026
24886138	testing	Aug 23, 2026

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
3004391	—	All	492.8 MB	392.8 MB	4821466506244538694

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	24886138	Aug 23, 2026	Open
testing testing fixes branch	24886138	Aug 23, 2026	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/The Cave Diver

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
The_Cave_Diver.exe		All

Space per player95.4 MB

Filesup to 10

Save locations1

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinAppDataRoaming	\Godot\app_userdata\The_Cave_Diver\	*.tres	Windows

Achievements

Achievements135 hidden

Most unlocked89.4%The Caves

Rarest0.5%Hardcore Caver

The Caves Reach the caves 89.4%
The Mines Reach the mines 47.5%
The Ruins Reach the ruins 16.4%
Actual Cave-Diving Hidden achievement 12%
Keep Rollin' Hidden achievement 7.6%
Blossoms in the Sun Complete the game by ascending 7.1%
Just a bit further down... Complete the game by descending 6.7%
Strawberries Hidden achievement 2.3%
Amen Hidden achievement 2.2%
Every cloud has a silver lining Bring all six silver nuggets to the collections office 2.1%
The best part about cave-diving... Hidden achievement 1.1%
Speedcrawl Reach the Ascension ending in under 90 minutes 0.5%
Hardcore Caver Reach the Ascension ending on hardcore mode 0.5%